Biography

» Full Name: Christina Lee Hemme
» Alias’s: Sunni Hemme
» Date of Birth: October 28th, 1980
» Hometown: Temecula, CA
» Currently: Playa Del Rey, CA
» Weight: 116 LBS
» Height: 5′5
» Measurements: 34C-25-35
» Hair: Red
» Natural: Blonde
» Eye Color: Blue
» Tattoo’s: 8
» Piercing’s: Ears, Belly Button, Nose, Tongue
» Official Wrestling Debut: July 19th, 2004

Her Modeling Career

Hemme attended Mount San Jacinto College,where she majored in dance. After graduating, she relocated to Los Angeles, California in order to pursue a career in modeling. Hemme initially joined a burlesque dance team known as “The Purrfect Angelz”, who performed at Easyrider tours and Harley motorcycle rallies. She went on appear in magazines such as Maxim, Playboy, Rolling Stone and Stuff. In addition, she appeared in the music video of the Trace Adkins song “Chrome”, and in videos for bands Blink-182 and Sonic. In past years, her image has also been found on Bench Warmer trading cards as Christy “Sunny” Hemme. Her modelling career led to her joining the cast of Comedy Central’s The Man Show as a member of the “Juggy Dance Squad” in 2003. Hemme remained with the series for a year, during which she hosted “The Commies”, a comedy-themed award ceremony produced by Comedy Central, on December 7, 2003.

Hemme took part in the 2004 Lingerie Bowl, and competed as a quarterback for the Chicago Bliss Lingerie Football League team in a 2006 Lingerie Bowl playoff game on January 28, 2006.

Her Wrestling Career

World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2004 - 2005 )

In the summer of 2004, Hemme participated in the Diva Search, a competition held by World Wrestling Entertainment in order to recruit new Divas. In the course of the competition, Hemme and the five other finalists faced seven existing WWE Divas in a game of dodgeball at SummerSlam 2004 on August 15, 2004, eliminating all eight Divas with the loss of just one finalist, Joy Giovanni. Hemme was announced as the winner of the competition on September 20, with her prize being a one year contract with WWE with remuneration of US$250,000.

Hemme began her WWE career as a member of the RAW roster, using the song “Walk Idiot Walk” by The Hives as her entrance music. She quickly began a feud with Carmella DeCesare, the runner-up of the Diva Search. The feud culminated in a “lingerie pillow fight” at Taboo Tuesday 2004 on October 19, 2004, with Hemme defeating her opponent by knock-out. Hemme was undefeated in the Lingerie Pillow Fight during her WWE tenure.

Following her feud with DeCesare, Hemme began a rivalry with WWE Women’s Champion Trish Stratus, with Stratus ostensibly scornful of Hemme’s appearance in the April 2005 issue of Playboy. Hemme eventually challenged Stratus to a match at WrestleMania 21, with Stratus’s nemesis Lita training her in the weeks preceding the event. At WrestleMania 21 on April 3, 2005, Stratus defeated Hemme to retain her title. In the months after WrestleMania, Hemme began another feud with Victoria, who claimed to be jealous of the opportunities afforded to Hemme. The feud culminated in a bout at Vengeance 2005 on June 26, which Victoria won by cheating.

With her feud with Victoria over, Hemme briefly aligned herself with Eugene before she and Stacy Keibler were traded to SmackDown! in exchange for Candice Michelle and Torrie Wilson on August 25, 2005, with their first match being a WWE.com exclusive lingerie pillow fight with one another.

Hemme went on to feud with Melina, the leader of the MNM faction, in the process joining forces with the Legion of Doom. At No Mercy 2005 on October 9, 2005, Hemme and the Legion of Doom defeated MNM in a six-person intergender tag team match, with Hemme executing the signature finishing maneuver of the Legion of Doom, the “Doomsday Device”, on Melina. Her feud with Melina continued into November, with Melina defeating Hemme in two televised singles bouts.

On November 30, 2005, Hemme debuted in Ohio Valley Wrestling, a WWE developmental territory, aligning herself with Matt Cappotelli in opposition to Aaron Stevens, Beth Phoenix and Shelly Martinez. While in OVW, she used the song “Pour Some Sugar on Me” by Def Leppard as her entrance music. On December 5, 2005, Hemme announced on her website that she would be training full-time in OVW. She was released by WWE one day later, however, with the company citing the creative team having nothing for her as the reason for her dismissal.

Total Non-Stop Action Wrestling ( 2006 - Present )

Hemme debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on April 23, 2006 at Lockdown 2006, giving an envelope to commentator Mike Tenay containing the announcement that Larry Zbyszko had been placed on probation and Raven (whom Zbyszko had fired earlier that year in kayfabe) had been reinstated. In addition to her hosting role on TNA iMPACT!, she is also the co-host of the Internet show TNA Global iMPACT! with Jeremy Borash. At TNA Hardcore War, Hemme refereed a match between Traci and Gail Kim. In July 2006, she was featured on Spike TV’s Women of Action special.

In September 2006, Hemme recorded a song entitled “Society Box”, which was featured on TNA’s November 21, 2006 music release, 3rd Degree Burns. She has also been traveling to Windsor, Ontario to train under TNA agent Scott D’Amore in between TNA TV tapings. She also won TNA’s Knockout of the Year for 2006.

Program versus VKM: On January 14, 2007 at the Final Resolution 2007 PPV, Christy came out and interrupted the Voodoo Kin Mafia and cut a promo about women’s involvement in wrestling today. She said that she wanted to wrestle too - and the mostly male crowd in the TNA arena jeered her. Kip James called her a slut, which garnered him a slap from Hemme, while B.G. James attempted to play peacemaker.

In the following weeks, Kip and Hemme would be shown getting into a fair few arguments over his lack of respect for her, and for women as a whole. Hemme made her TNA in-ring debut at Against All Odds 2007 where she wrestled and defeated “The Big Fat Oil Guy” in a Tuxedo Match.

On the March 8 version of iMPACT, Hemme asked Jim Cornette for a match pitting VKM against her a new, previously undisclosed, team, at Destination X 2007. Cornette consented and “booked the match” in storyline. On the pay-per-view, Hemme introduced The Heartbreakers (formerly The Heart Throbs of the WWE). Despite Hemme’s attempts to give Kip James a “low blow”, VKM defeated her team, who she later browbeat at ringside. Hemme later announced that she had found another team to face the VKM. At Lockdown, the mystery team this time was Serotonin, but VKM defeated them as well.

She then brought in Basham and Damaja as her new permanent tag team in her battle with VKM. They beat Kip James in a handicap match at Sacrifice while BG James was attacked by them. At Slammiversary, VKM beat Basham and Damaja, but Lance Hoyt turned on them and kissed Christy. Hoyt has since formed a partnership with Jimmy Rave, named The Rock n’ Rave Infection.

She made her iMPACT in-ring debut on September 27 in a losing effort in a 5-way Knockouts match with Roxxi Laveaux coming out on top. During the contest she debuted a new signature move, a diving variation of a split legged leg drop, known as the F.F.G. - Flying Firecrotch Guillotine. At Bound For Glory, Christy participated in a Knockouts Gauntlet battle royal to crown the first TNA Women’s Champion, but was quickly squashed and eliminated by Awesome Kong. In the winter of 2007, Hemme, Rave, and Hoyt entered into a feud with the LAX faction after being attacked several times by a mysterious, and thought to be male, assailant. However, the assailant was revealed to be the indeed female Shelly Martinez at Final Resolution following LAX’s victory over the “Infection.” Shortly there after, The Rock n’ Rave Infection began a new gimmick, acting as though they were a rock band with Hemme portraying the lead singer.

Independent circuit and movie career

In November 2006, Hemme participated in the Queens of Chaos shows in Paris, France. She wrestled two matches, with former WCW talent April Hunter, Hemme won the first match, but lost the second. She then defeated British wrestler Minx to earn the right to referee the championship match, which was eventually won by Hunter. On July 21, 2007, Hemme defeated Ann Brookstone at a Heavy on Wrestling event in Superior, Wisconsin with Nora Greenwald acting as Special Guest Referee.

In December 2006, Hemme recorded a scene for wrestling documentary, Bloodstained Memoirs.

Hemme made her acting debut in the film Fallen Angels, portraying the deadly sin “Lust”. She will also be appearing in another horror film tentatively titled Bubba’s Chili Parlor, playing a zombie. On September 22, 2007, Christy appeared at a Women’s Superstar Unleashed (WSU) event in Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey in which she participated in the main event.

Music career

Christy Hemme is a founder and lead singer in Hemme. The band released three songs on their MySpace, “In This Moment”, “Visit Me Mom” and “Shine”. Their debut album “Questions…” is yet to be released.

Her Personal Life

Hemme has a brother, David, and a sister, Deena Hemme, who is also a model. Her father, Robert, owns an insurance agency in her hometown of Temecula. Her mother Susan died in 2002. Christy stated in the DVD Viva Las Divas of the WWE that the week she won the WWE Raw Diva Search was on the anniversary of her mom’s passing. Hemme is an avid motorcyclist. She owns a Harley Davidson Dyna Glide Low Rider.

In her debut of her blog “Hemme Powered”, Hemme stated that she has 4 tattoos (now more). Her tattoos include an eagle on her left wrist, a heart on her right wrist, a star with a heart in the middle on the back of her neck, a linking design running down her right side, matching loop triangles on the outsides of both wrists, a small heart on her lower back, and a heart with the same loop triangle in the middle on her left shoulder, which has since been expanded. Hemme also has several piercings: in her ears, tongue, bellybutton, and two in her nostril.

In her blogs, she regularly professed a love of music and interest in songwriting. She cites diverse musical influences such as AC/DC, The Doors, Mother Love Bone, Nine Inch Nails, and Pink Floyd.